Lisa Batiashvili awarded Doctorate at the University of the Arts in Helsinki

Lisa Batiashvili has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The University of the Arts Helsinki– the highest acknowledgement a University can grant. The conferment ceremony, held on 08 June, will honour alumni from all three of the University’s academies — Sibelius...

Sibelius’s Violin Concerto is now available on the Digital Concert Hall

Now available on the Digital Concert Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic is Lisa Batiashvili’s rendition of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with Paavo Järvi. “The first notes of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto rarely shine simultaneously as...

Batiashvili, Aimard and Stefanovich tour with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Lisa Batiashvili joins Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich on tour from March 31, performing two concerti across six cities. Batiashvili performs Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No.1 in Pordenone (March 31) and Lisbon (April 14) under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski, and...

Lisa Batiashvili to be Artistic Director of Audi Summer Concerts from 2019

From next year Lisa Batiashvili, will take up the position of Artistic Director of Audi Summer Concerts for an initial two year period. In this role, she will develop and plan the 2019 &...

New album release – Visions of Prokofiev

Lisa Batiashvili and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, present an album devoted to the music of Sergey Prokofiev. Visions of Prokofiev bridges the gap between serious and popular music of the...

Lisa Batiashvili begins her residency with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

This December, Lisa Batiashvili begins her term as Artist in Residence with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with three performances of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto conducted by the academy’s music director,...

Tchaikovsky / Sibelius album winner of the 2017 Edison Klassiek Award

Lisa Batiashvili’s Tchaikovsky / Sibelius album with the Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim conducting has been awarded the 2017 Edison Klassiek Award in the Instrumental soloist category. To see the list of winners, visit the Edisons Awards website.

Lisa Batiashvili to perform Finnish and UK premieres of Hillborg’s Violin Concerto No. 2

Lisa Batiashvili performs the Finnish and UK premieres of Hillborg’s Violin Concerto No.2 this month, after giving the world premiere in October 2016. Lisa will present the Finnish premiere on 24 November at the...

Cultural Diplomacy

Lisa Batiashvili, this season’s Artist in Residence with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, speaks up for music’s power to heal divisions and unite.  Critically acclaimed violinist’s latest Deutsche Grammophon album with Chamber Orchestra of...

Estonian Festival Orchestra makes touring debut with Paavo Järvi

In August, the Estonian Festival Orchestra will make its touring debut, performing in neighbouring countries around the Baltic coast and at Scandinavia’s most renowned festivals, together with Paavo Järvi and soloists Lisa Batiashvili and Ksenija Sidorova. The...